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Multivariate Media Complexes:
Parallelism in Verbal and Visible Communication

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Preamble

Academic Harassment and Sabotage

The graphic originally intended for this spot disappeared for one or all of the following reasons. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), University of Washington (UW), and Council House unlawfully destroyed or misappropriated research data in attempts to harass and sabotage the author, a former professor and retired CEO, while he worked on a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at RPI and a Special Doctor of Philosophy (SPhD) degree at UW.

Later, a thief stole several binders which contained original graphics and the master hard copies of doctoral research and dissertations from an apartment in Seattle while the author languished in solitary confinement in King County Jail for publishing details of crimes similar to those reported at RPI and UW. The apartment contained valuable stone lithographs and original art yet the thief stole only the binders containing the research data and graphics. One can only surmise that theft related to the cover up of unlawful activity at UW.

Washington supreme court reversed all trial and appellate court decisions regarding that imprisonment; however, the perpetrators have yet to mitigate the damage that they caused. Similarly, Shirley Ann Jackson and Mark A. Emmert, respectively presidents of RPI and UW, have done absolutely nothing to ameliorate academic harassment and sabotage by their employees. They continue to deny due process of law despite their liability under the legal maxim: whoever knows that a subordinate has committed an offense and remains silent to hinder or prevent prosecution or punishment becomes an accessory after the fact.

Academic harassment (1) and sabotage (2), both criminal offenses, define as behavior by any person that:

1. Harasses with intent to unreasonably interfere with an individual's educational performance: distributes verbal, written or electronic communication with intent to annoy; causes unlawful arrest; creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment; directs personally offensive remarks with intent to demean, belittle, or cause personal humiliation; and threatens, intimidates, or coerces.

2. Sabotages any academic endeavor: vandalizes or steals research data; frustrates individual or group efforts; impedes access to equipment used in teaching or research; denies library or computer access; tampers with computer programs or systems; destroys computer files; crashes computer systems; causes atypical computer behavior; and infects systems with any kind of invasive program.

Case studies show a pattern or practice of harassment by faculty members and administrators. They also describe Easy Rider PhD programs and Easy Rider ways to promotion and tenure through psychotic dysfunction.

202-00-00. Preamble copy in rewrite to reflect the current situation.

Multivariate Media Complexes:
Parallelism in Verbal and Visible Communication
by Paul Trummel

A proposal for a dissertation to be submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Eindhoven University of Technology (12 July 1993)

Members of the Supervisory Committee

Jan M. Ulijn phd, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
William D. Winn phd, University of Washington, USA
et al

Candidate

Paul Trummel MS FIOP FISTD

Recommendation

William D. Winn, University of Washington
University of Washington
College of Education and Department of Technical Communication

July 9. 1993.

Dr. Jan M. Ulijn,
Associate Professor, Technology and Communication,
Director, Technology and Linguistics Program,
Eindhoven University of Technology,
Postbus 513,
5600 MB Eindhoven,
The Netherlands.

Dear Dr. Ulijn,

I am pleased to write in support of Paul Trummel's application to pursue a Doctoral degree at Eindhoven University. Mr. Trummel has been studying at the University of Washington since September 1989, during which time I have served as his advisor, directing his course work and his research. He has worked steadily in graduate courses, independent study and research projects that have enabled him to develop an extensive research program. This program draws together the areas of graphic design, rhetoric, visible language and verbal language in innovative ways. From it have emerged many articles and papers, and sufficient material from which to embark on a doctoral dissertation.

The innovativeness of Mr. Trummel's research arises in large part from his extensive and successful career in business that preceded it. For example, his study of verbal and visible language, within traditional and innovative rhetorical frameworks, arises from his observation that many recent developments in desktop publishing are seriously misguided by the criteria traditionally established by the printing industry.

His graduate study has led him to find solid evidence, from perceptual and cognitive research, as well as from his extensive reading in rhetoric, graphic art and art history, in support of his position. His formulation of a new form of rhetoric, which he calls "kinetography", provides an extremely useful framework within which scholars and practitioners can formulate and reflect on the problems that modern technology brings to the field of communication. His dissertation will be the first extensive treatment of this concept.

The quality of Mr. Trummel`s academic work has always been excellent. Whether in regular courses or in independent study, he has demonstrated most convincingly that he is an extremely insightful and thoughtful scholar. He persistently challenges faculty and students to think deeply and practically about any issue that is under discussion. His written work is presented clearly and logically and inevitably provides new insights into problems in intellectually stimulating, often provocative, ways.

You, like me, are aware that Mr. Trummel's stature in the professional and academic communities is considerable. He has been a Fellow of the Institute of Printing for many years, and was recently awarded their prestigious Silver Medal. The citation accompanying the award stated, "The article was most impressive both in subject matter and in the way that it was presented.” His tenure as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, his prominence in the Professional Communication Society, and his production of the proceedings of the Society's latest conference attest to the respect with which his colleagues hold his academic and professional skill.

I recommend Mr. Trummel to you and your colleagues without reservation. I am certain that he will produce a rigorous and significant piece of research for his dissertation, and that his work will continue to be influential. If you need further information about Mr. Trummel`s application, please get in touch.

William Winn, PhD
Professor of Education, Adjunct Professor of Technical Communication,
University of Washington.

Endnotes and citations appear in the PDF and bibliography.

A proposal for a dissertation to be submitted
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Eindhoven University of Technology
(12 July 1993)

Paul Trummel PhD (RPI ABD), PhD (UW ABD), MS (RPI), MSc (UK), BSc (UK)
UK degree equivalencies in graphic communication recognized by
Boston University, Northeastern University, Rochester Institute of Technology,
Fitchburg State College, San Jose State University,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and University of Washington
with comparability twice certified by International Education Research Foundation (IERF),
a credential evaluation service accredited by US Department of Education

Associate Professor, Communication and Rhetoric (Retired)
Special Doctor of Philosophy Program (SPhD), University of Washington
Fellow, International Society of Typographic Designers (FISTD)
Fellow, Institute of Paper Printing and Publishing (FIOP)
Member, Society of Authors, London

International Federation of Journalists, Brussels (International Press Card)
National Union of Journalists, London (UK Press Card)

© Copyright 1992 by Paul Trummel
All Rights Reserved: 29 Sep 92/12:00 GMT
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Rensselaer and
University of Washington

History of Abuse

The author compiled a body of academic work (now in process of restoration on this web site) during more than a decade of doctoral research.

The data resided on mainframe computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) and University of Washington (WA) as text and graphics.

Ronald A. Johnson, Vice President, Computing & Communications, UW and
S. Michael Halloran, formerly Chairperson now Professor, LL&C/H&SS, RPI, arbitrarily closed computer accounts in breach of contract and without due process of law in violation of university regulations.

Johnson and Halloran then maliciously destroyed or otherwise denied access to the content of those databases in attempts to "disappear" the author.

University officials later forged or destroyed official transcripts to support their false and misleading contentions.

Wilfully blind, presidents of two universities continue to do nothing about the abuse.

Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Mark A. Emmert, President, University of Washington

Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer and
Mark A. Emmert,
University of Washington
hold ultimate responsibility for multiple violation of civil and human rights.

Whoever knows that a subordinate has committed an offense and remains silent to hinder or prevent prosecution or punishment becomes an accessory after the fact.

Reconstructed databases containing all of the required work for two PhD degrees (all of it published and most of it peer-reviewed) will appear in due course.

Due to the small capacity of personal computer hard drives and accessories of a previous era, no independent backup data exists except some incomplete original drafts.

The author will reconstruct graphics as far as possible.

Meanwhile, scanned images occupy some pages pending retyping or reformatting text and redrawing graphics.

Many of the originals reside in special archives in Europe to which the author does not now have access because of removal of his academic status, library privileges, and computer access.

Many illustrations will need replacement which means establishing new sources.

The publications list also contains some interesting documents selected from probably thousands produced using cutting-edge technology in more than sixty years of writing, graphic design, and systems invention.

In some cases, the author developed the technology to meet the need for specialized digital publication.

Several of the document paradigms resulted in typographic encoding which later supported desktop publishing systems.

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About the Author

Paul Trummel (Nmesis)

Paul Trummel, published since 1944, uses the pseudonym Nmesis and openly declares personal or conflicting interests.

These conflicts may relate to topics or to opinion, especially when the content draws upon advocacy, experience, conclusion, or interpretation.

As an accredited journalist, he conforms with the code of conduct and ethics of the journalism profession, tested by courts in both Great Britain and the USA.

Since 1947, he has worked as a journalist, an editor (commercial and academic peer-review), a technical communicator, an associate professor (visual communi-cation and rhetoric), and as an administrator at several leading universities.

He has held international press credentials since 1959 and holds two elected international graphic arts fellowships.

He earned professional letters in the UK that translated into two baccalaureate degrees and a terminal graduate degree in the US.

He has also earned a Rensselaer graduate degree and two US PhD degrees (now ABD).

[Sherking Responsibility]

He taught graduate level students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State College,
San Jose State University, Massachusetts Bay Community College, and a private institute of graphic design.

He held an administrative post at University of Massachusetts, Boston, and has lectured at universities in US, Europe, and Japan.

In 1957 (London), he founded and operated the first full-service technical communication organization, a group of publishing and technical/graphic communication companies where he held the position of chief executive officer.

In 1973 (Connecticut), he designed and marketed the first typesetting system driven by a minicomputer, the precursor for today's desktop publishing systems.

He has won an international silver medal for his satire and a US city award for his educational programs for disadvantaged people.

Since 1992, he has investigated and written several hundred articles on bureaucratic and elder abuse.

He founded Contra Cabal, one of the first electronic magazines to appear on the web, for which he develops the site, writes articles, designs pages, and produces graphics.

http://ContraCabal.org

Contra Cabal has now published for almost fifteen years.

Earlier, it published as email for six years. The hits/month now range between 100,000 and 150,000 with more than a million hits during the past twelve months.

Articles cover ongoing criminal activity by bureaucrats and elder abuse.

They describe the actions of corrupt judges and gross misconduct by lawyers who file frivolous law suits against tenants in government financially-assisted housing.

They outline how managers use unlawful retaliatory measures and propaganda to destroy the reputations of people who report illegal activity and racism.

Washington Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court decision that effectively allowed prior restraint and defined journalism inquiry as surveillance and harassment.

Repeatedly, lawyers who could find no fault with content instead personally attacked the author or his genre.

A corrupt judge imposed prior restraint and jailed him for contempt when he challenged the court decisions as a basic violation of constitutional and human rights.

To further coerce him, in consort with other jurists, the judge then arbitrarily transferred him to solitary confinement among murderers and rapists.

His published work in the print media for more than sixty years has received no challenge relating to accuracy.

People, among them elected judges and lawyers upon whom the public should be able to rely, have tried to stop him publishing information on politically sensitive issues.

That prior restraint, and restrictions on personal mobility, has now become a matter of international concern.

American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU - Seattle),
International Federation of Journalists
(IFJ- Brussels),
National Union of Journalists
(NUJ - London),
American Society of Authors and Editors
(ASAE - New York),
and Seattle Weekly
have all filed amicus curiae briefs with Washington Supreme Court in support of his successful First Amendment stance.

Credential validation upon request by journalists and other responsible parties from: